Universal shoe-finishing machine.



W; B. KEIGHLEY. UNIVERSAL SHOE FINISHING MAGHINE. APFLIOATIOH- IILED MAY2, 1911.

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UNIVERSAL SHOE FINISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1911. 1,058,596. Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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UNIVERSAL SHOE-FIN ISHIN G MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern. I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. Kare-H- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Vineland, Cumberland county, New Jersey, haveinvented certain Improvements in Universal Shoe-Finishing Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

()ne object of my invention is to provide a machine having a number ofparts cooperating with each other to a greater or less degree andespecially designed for use in performing the operations necessary inthe finishing of a shoe; it being particularly desired that the machineshall include a number of tools so assembled as to permit a singleoperator to perform on said machine all of a number of operations.

It is further desired to provide a shoe finishing machine which shallinclude a number of tools so mounted as -to be used with the utmostconvenience on a shoe; the arrangement being such as to permit thefinishing operations to be performed in a minimum of time and with theexpenditure of a minimum of labor.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shoe finishing machinewhich shall include relatively simple and substantial structures formounting the various tools which it is desired to use and shall alsopossess novel means for carrying out certain of the operations necessaryin shoe finishing.

I also desire to provide a shoe finishing machine with novel andrelativel durable as well as inexpensive forms 0 brushes, finishingrolls, and covers for same; the invention further contemplating theprovision of. novel means for feeding Wax to certain of "the brushes orrolls, as well as means for holding the brush supporting shaft duringsuch time as the various brushes, rolls, etc., are being placed inposition thereon.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shoe finishing machinewhich, in addition to embodying a relatively large number of cooperatingmembers for use in finishing a shoe, shall include novel means forrendering it possible to utilize certain of said members in more thanone way.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1, is a front elevation of the upper portion of a machine constructedaccording Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 2, 1911.

. enlarged vertical section of certain brushes and rolls forming part ofthe mathe line aa,

Patented Apr. 8, 1913. Serial No. 624,632.

to my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively an end elevation and aplan of the machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, is an of the chine; Fig. 5,is a vertical section taken on Fig. 4; Fig. 6, is a plan of the coverfor one of the polishing brushes; Fig.

7, is a sectional view on the line 0c, Fig. 1, showing one of thebrushes with its cover; Fig. 8, is an enlarged vertical sectionillustrating the detail construction of the device for temporarilyholding the brush shaft from revolution; Fig. 9, is a full sized sec-,tional elevation of one of the Wax feeding devices with its associatedparts, and Fig.

'10, IS a transverse section on the line b7),

Fim 9.

In the above drawings 1 represents the main supporting structure orframe of my machine, which is usually made in the form of a castinghaving bearings mounted in its lower portion for the support of adriving shaft. This latter, indicated in dotted lines at l in Fig. 3,has mounted on it fast and loose pulleys 2 and 3; there being on theupper portion of the frame of the machine, beafrin s fora shaft 4, towhich is fixed a pair a? pulleys 5 and 6. The first of these isconnected by a belt 7 with a pulley wheel 8 on the main driving shaft,While the pulley 6 is connected by a belt 9 to a pulley 1O fixed to ashaft 11 mounted in a bearing supported at the" extreme front of themachine. The shaft 4 is designed to drive a fan mounted in a casing 12for the purpose of exhausting the air from three hoods 13,

,14 and 15 connected through a conduit 16 with the intake of said fan;the arrangement being such that the airlexhausted from said hoods isdischarged through a suitable outlet conduit 17.

The main shaft at the lower partof the machine is connected through abelt 18 with a pulley l9 fixed to a brush shaft 20 carried in suitablebearings supported toward the front of the upper portion of the machineframe, and on this shaft are mounted a series of brushes or rolls 21,22, 23, and 24, With a fluted roll 25; it being noted that the brushes22', 23, and 24, are placed so as to extend under and within the exhausthoods 15, 14, and 13 respectively.

The shaft 11 has fixed to it a yarn brush 26 and an indenting or edgesetting tool 27 the latter being preferably heated by like. Thearrangement of any suitable means as for example, by a friction device28 bearing upon it adjacent said tool and of the construction well knownin this art. 1

On the front portion of the frame of the machine, preferably between thepulley 19 and the brush 22, I mount astandard 29 carrying at its top ahot box 30 heated by gas, steam, or electricity, havingreceptacles 32for tools which may be used in finishing shoes and also carrying anumber of cups 31 for holding wax, coloring material or the arts is suchthat the tools may be kept heated and the wax melted ready for use. Ialso provide devices 33, 34 and 35 for supplying each of the brushes orrolls'22, 23 and 24 with wax. The detail construction of one of thesewax supplying devices is wellshown in Figs 9 and 10 from which it willbe seen .that the hood 15 for the brush to whiehthe particular waxfeeder illustratedis attached, has a substantially rectangularopeningkat its back portion to which is fitted a tube or guideway 36,preferably made of sheet metal and extending rearwardly.

This is mounted so as to be adjustable toward and from the hood 15,forwhich pur-.

pose there is extended from itstop portion a longitudinally slotted arm37 for the reception of a set screw 38 mounted onjthe hood structure,and for automatically feeding the vwax toward the brush within the hood,I mount inside of the guide 36 a plate 39 having a series of ratchetteeth on one of its faces.

Operative in the guideway is a wax holder consisting of a carriage inthe form of a weight 40 having a pair of jaws 41 and 42 --its stick ofwax X toward the for gripping a stick or bar X of wax and provided withsupporting wheels 47 so that 1t is free to easily run within the uidewayThe upper portion of the weig it is recessed and has mounted within it aspring pawl 48 placed to cotiperate with the teeth of the ratchet plateor bar 39; the arrangement of parts being such that the guideway 36 isinclined downwardly toward the brush to which it is desired to supplywax.

With such an arrangement the vibration of 'the machine under operatingconditions faishing. The brush 22 isusually made of.

Seersucker, hair, or yarn such as is commonly used in shoe finishing,being built up in sections in the well known manner and made with acylindrical or conical face as may be considered desirable. The varioussections of this brush are held in place by a clamping plate mounted ona threaded portion 66 on the shaft 20. This plate has the necessaryopenings for. the

reception of a spanner wrench and its outer face is provided with araised boss or annular pro ection. The roll 23 is mounted on the shaftbetween the fluted metallic roll 25 and the brush 22 and consists of twocircular plates 67 and 68 rigidly connected by four bolts 69 extendingloosely through a series of circular sheets or disks 70 of rubberizedfabric such as cotton, silk, or linen; there being at each end of thecylindrical mass formed by these disks two relatively thick disks 71 ofsponge rubber. Over the roll is mounted a cover 72 of strong fabric suchas canvas whose ends are clamped, in the one case between the raisedboss of the clamping plate 65' and the end plate 67, and in the othercase between the end plate 68 and a flange 73 formed integral with thefluted roll 25. On this fabric cover are stitched one or any number oflayers or pieces of rubberized fabric, and the stitching is bothdiagonal and transverse 'so that the cover is in effect quilted, therebyefi'ectually preventing serious cutting or tearing in the event of aprojecting nail or the like catching in said cover. As shown in Fig.6,.- the endsof the cover are cut in curves which are preferablycircular arcs so that when it is tightened or drawn into place, thereare no loose or rojecting ends. In mounting said cover on t e roll, oneend, after being given its proper position, is clamped between-theplates 65 and 67, and the other, after being pulled into the desiredplace, is finally clamped between the plate 68 and the flange 73, byadjusting the roll 25, of which said flange forms a part, upon thethreaded part 49 of the shaft 20. This fluted roll 25 is designed as anail or slug cleaner and its flutings or corrugations are relativelyblunt edged so as to effectually remove the ink from the heads and edgesof the nails in the heel of a shoe without tending to cut any of theparts.

The end of the shaft 20 is recessed and threaded for the reception of aheaded bolt 50 and there is on said. bolt :1 plate or washer 51 inengagement with said shaft end. Between this washer and the bolt headare confined fiattened conical disks 52 of sponge rubber'together with amore or less conical mass 53 of rubberized fabric disks; it being notedthat the sponge rubber pieces and the. mass 53' are arranged with theirbases toward each other so as to providea relatively shar edge. Thedisks making up the body 53 and the spo 'e. rubber pieces are loose onthe shaft 50, utare all carefully connected together into ofieflexible-whole, which in turn is provided with a rubberized cloth cover54 of the general form shown in Fig.7, vfrom which it will be seen thatsaid cover consists of a bag shaped fabric structure composed ofa'circularpicce to whose peripheralportions are attached a suitablenumber of overlapping segmental pieces or swatches having a drawingstring extended through their pointed ends These pieces as wel as thecircular piece are quilted or sewed as shown.

For conveniencein mounting thevarious brushes or rolls and theirassociated parts on the shaft 20, the threaded portion 41- thereof ismade with a left hand thread as.

is also the part 49 and the bolt 50, with the result that the variousparts of the device 'tend rather 'to tightenthan to loosen 'under'operating conditions.

brushes 23 and 24 is greatly prolonged by reason of the particularconstruction employed, since not only is their tearing and rapiddestruction prevented by-reason of the quilting, but it is obvious thatthe provision of a number of layers will greatly increase the time ofusefulness of the device, since these may be permitted to successivelywear through before it is necessary to remove or replace a cover.

As is obvious, the operation of mounting the various brushes, rolls,etc., upon the shaft 20 renders .it advisable to provide some means fortemporarily preventing turning,

of the latter and for this purpose I mount in one of the shaft bearingsa cylindrical guide 60 having a headed plunger 61 normally maintained inan outer position away from the shaft 20-by a spring 62. This guidepiece is screwed into the bearing so as to project in a line at rightangles to the shaft and the latter is formed with a recess 63 formed toreceive the end of the plunger 61. Under conditions of use said plungermay be forced inwardly by pressure exerted on its head as the shaft 20is turned by hand,

until it enters the recess 63. Thereafter by the exertion of greater orless turning force on the shaft, the plunger is retained in its innerposition girgainst the action of the spring 62, thus e ectually holdingsaid shaft from turning and permitting the various noted 'parts to bescrewed firmly into place.

soon, however, as the turning force ceases, said plunger immediatelresumes its outer position, leaving the sha t free-to revolve in thebearings. vA similar device for tem' orarily holding the shaft 11 may beprovided as indicated at "When the various parts of the machine aredriven at a'suitable speed from the main shaft, the following shoefinishing operations may be performed on the machine heretoforedescribed; viz., the top piece is padded'on the roll 23 and the toppiece slugs and nails are cleaned on the corrugated roll 25. Thereafterthe shank and heel breast are padded on roll 24 and the shank and forepart edges are padded on the rolls 24 and 23 respectively. Then,theforepart bottom is padded on the roll 23 and the heel is burnished onroll 24; all of the various parts being polished on the brush 22. Theheel seat ispadded on theedge setting tool 27 and under operatingconditions the holes in the heel are plugged or filled with hot waxmelted in the hot box 30 3 1. Any fancy wheeling is done with toolspreheated in the hot box 30 and after been cleaned on brush '21, thefinal polishing is done on the yarn brush 26. Any dust or lint producedby the foregoing operation is carried away through the varioushoods tothe exhauster and is discharged throughthe outlet 17. I 1

With the various parts arranged as shown, the amount of work performedby a single operator under ordinary conditions is very materiallyincreased owing to.the convenience and rapidity with which he is enabledto carry out the various finishing operations. Moreover, theconstruction and arrangement of the various brushes, rolls, etc., 22,23, 24, and 25. is extremely simple and yet at the same time of suchefiicient results at a low cost of maintenance. Moreover,

these parts are so arranged as to the stitch edges havea nature as togive highly facilitate their convenient mounting and ad:

justment.

. It will be noted that throughout the specification I have referred tocertain of the members for operating on shoes as brushes or rolls, as,from a practical standpoint,

these terms may be used interchangeably. It

is, therefore, obvious that the substitution of a bristle bearingstructure for one made of cloth or felt pleces or for the members madeof rubberized fabric or vice versa, may

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be resorted to Without departing from invention.

1. The combination in a shoe finishing machine of a supportingstructure; a shaft mounted thereon; two polishing members mounted on theshaft; a cover for one of said polishing members; and means for holdingsaid member in position to cause its machine of a. supportin cover to beclamp d in place by a portion of for the second member andmeans forforcsaid-plate.

ing said {second member toward the first member tdclamp one end of itscover aga nst 3. The combination ina shoe finishing -machine of asupporting structure; a shaft mounted thereon; means 'for driving theshaft; a brush including a clamping plate 1 mounted on said shaft; aroll includinga frame; a cover for sa1d roll; and a structure' mountedon the shaft in position to clampone end of the covering between itselfand the framework and the opposite end of said cover between the frameand said clamping plate. i

4. The combination in a I shoe finishing machine of a supportingstructure; ashaft mounted thereon; an abutment on said shaft arollconsisting of a frame loosely mounted on the shaft and Ya series ofpolishing disks on said frame concentric with the shaft;

with-a second roll adjustably mounted on I name to this specification,1n the presence of the shaft in position to confine the parts of thefirst'roll between said abutment and itself.

5. The combination in a shoe finishing machine of a supportingstructure; a shaft thereon; a' polishing wheel including a clampingplate on the shaft; 8; roll also on the shaft; a second roll mountedbetween the first roll and the clamping plate; with a cover for saidsecond roll having its ends clamped between the second roll and theclamping plate and first roll respectivel 6; The combination in afinishing mac inc 7 on, the same consisting of a plunger movable towardand from the shaft and-fitting a recess therein; with means for normallyholding said plunger away from the shaft.

7. The combination in a finishing machine of a supporting structure; ashaft mounted thereon; a member for operatlng on a shoe, removablymounted on the shaft; and means for'temporarily holding the shaft whilethe said member is being mounted on or removed from the same, said meansconsisting of a plunger mounted in the supporting structure and movableinto and out of a re- 1 cess in the shaft; with a spring for normallmaintaining said plunger in its outer poslt1o-n.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my two subscribing witnesses WILLIAMBOTTOMLEY KEIGHLEY. Witnesses: WILLIAM E; HUGHES; HARRY C. Down.

